“Baby Reindeer” got three other nods at the Primetime Emmys: Nava Mau was nominated for supporting actress alongside Gunning, while Tom Goodman-Hill was nominated for supporting actor and Weronika Tofilska was nominated for directing. All, including Gadd and Gunning, were first-time nominees.

A defamation suit may be looming and there are still lingering questions over what should or shouldn’t constitute a “true story” for TV, but a jubilant Richard Gadd preferred to focus on the good that his semi-autobiographical show Baby Reindeer has brought to the world.

COMMENT: Need proof that television is in the doldrums? Just look at the trophies handed out to ‘The Crown’ and ‘The Morning Show’ at last night’s Emmys, writes . Thank god, then, for Richard Gadd’s p